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My name is Anton Ninno. I learned to play Go at Syracuse University in the early 1970's, and have been playing Go off and on since then.

I don't play in tournaments. Based on my experience with rated players at the local Go club, I estimate my rating to be around 10-kyu. My interest in the game has always been more about the history and cultural aspects, and I am particulary facinated by the equipment.

I very much enjoy promoting Go and teaching beginners. After many years as a member of the Go club at Syracuse University, I started the Central New York Go Club (CNYGO). We needed a club that was much more convenient for local players who weren't students or faculty, and therefore couldn't park on the campus.

The CNY Go Club has been meeting weekly since December 2, 2002. About a dozen people come to most of our meetings, sometimes a lot more. We keep a record of everyone who visits the club, and our list now has close to 100 names. Most of them are beginners who only come once or twice.

Our regular players, those who come at least monthly, numbers about 25-30. The club meets in the back of the Market Cafe at the Wegmans grocery store on Rt. 5 in Dewitt, the eastern suburb of Syracuse. We've had articles about the club appear in the Post Standard newspaper and a few local weekly papers.

Wegmans is a very nice place to play Go. The Market Cafe has tables and chairs to accomodate about 200 people, and a wide selection of food that includes a sushi bar and a Chinese buffet. The store has a huge parking and it's open 24/7. The club pays nothing to meet there, so we encourage players to buy food and beverages and patronize the store. We like to think the management knows that we are good customers!

The CNY Go Club is a chapter of the American Go Association. We charge a $10 annual "donation" for membership, but have no elected officers. Several members have taken all the organizing work. They seem to enjoy doing it, at least so far. We like the idea that we have managed to run the club with a minimum of bureacracy. I serve as the club contact person and AGA chapter representative, and maintain our Yahoo Group website. Click the link below and have a look. We update the homepage with a new photo and club news almost every week.

CNY Go Club - Syracuse, NY [ext] http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/cnygo/


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